Dirigible headlight



G. F. MESSER.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED 'IuIIE28, 1919.

Patnted June 15, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

au www S,

G. F. MESSER.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED JuNEzs. 1919.

1,343,822, Patentd June 15, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

f 6.22' Messer Unirse liwfl-:ifvr orifice.

GEORGE nnEssEnorABEnDEEN, WASHINGTON.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIG-HT.

Original application filed July 23, 1918,

To all whom it may concern.: l

Be it known that 1,-' GEORGE F. MESSER, at' citizen ofthe United fStates, residingv at*v` Aberdeen, in the county of Grays Harbor and State of Washingtom-fhave J invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dirigible Headlights, of (which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. l g

This invention relates to dirigible head-I lights for automobiles, and has for vits object the provision of comparatively simple.l yet eilicient means for tiltin or swinging the headlights of an automobi e in a vertical plane. Y

.Another `object of the invention is the construction Vof a device'for Yswinging the headli tor headlights Yof an automobile throug the medium of a handoperated de# vice located close to the chaulfeur or driver ofthe machine. f

This is a divisional case out-of my application, Serial No. 246,342, filed July 23,` 1918, patented August 12,-1918,No.1,312,560 relating to Va dirigible headlight for auto--` mobiles. 2 y

With the -above-mentoned objects and other objects in View, my invention comprises certain novelconstructions, combinations, and arrangementsof partsas will be hereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanyingv drawings, and more particularly pointed out in they appended claims. e f

In the drawings e Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation ofa tilting apparatus constructed inaccordance with the present invention.V

Fig. 2 isa fragmentary plan view of a motor vehicle showing `my apparatus attached thereto, while v Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

F ig.'4is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view of one of the lampsfshowing the tilting apparatus connected thereto, while.- f

Fig. 5 is a viewr taken on line-5-5, Fig. 4, looking in the direction ofl the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, perspective view ofthe frame vand the primaryfbell-crank.

Fig. 7 is a section taken von line 77, Fig.1..

Specification of Letters Patent. r Patented JuneA 15, 192() Serial No. 246,342. Divided and thisl applition led .Tune 28, 1919. Serial No. 307,286.

Fig. 8 is an inside'view of the sup plate taken on line 8 8, Fig. 9, loo ing in the direction of the arrows. i

Fig. 9 is a; horizontal section taken through the supporting plate.

Referrmg to the drawings by numerals,

1 designates the side sills, U-shaped (Figs. 6 and 7) in cross section, upon which "areV mounted the lamp-supporting yokes 2. These yokes 2 are'mounted to swing in a horizontal plane, as fully disclosed in my prior application, f hereinbefore identified, l

and pivotally mounted upon thesey yokes 2 are lamps 3, these lamps 3 are free to swing in a vertical plane, as hereinafter described.`

To each lamp 3 is'detachably secured a plate 4, by means of'screws-; this plate has a flat upper face 6, andin this face is a threaded socket 7 `-(Fig. 5). A horizontal connecting rod 8 is provided intermediate its ends witha depending,apertur`ed lug 9,

orting and the ends 10 of rod 8 Vare bent at right angles and havetheir outer extreme* ends flattened as atfll, and each flattened portion 11 is apertured, and throughthe aperture is passed the threaded end v12 of the standard 13 (Fig. 5) of the indicating arrow 14.' The threading of end 12 into socket 7 detachably secures the flattened end 11 to the plate 4. V v

A primary vertical rod 15 is pivotally connected at its upper end tothe apertured lug 9,' and it is pivotally connected at its lower end to the outer end'of the auxiliary bell-crank 16. The bell-crankl is pivot- `ally mounted at 17 upon block 18, which block is `heldbetween the top and bottom of one of the U-shaped sills 1 like the block clearly shown in Fig. 6, thus,lby reason of the outer face of the block being flush with the outer edges of they frame, placing the bell-crank outside of the frame and free to swing in` a vertical plane upon its'pivot 17. The primary Vbell-crank 19 is `pivotally mounted at 2O upon another ,block 18, se-

cured in the same manner upon the U-shaped sills 1 asthe first-mentioned block. Y A hori-y zontal, intermediate, connecting rod 21 is connected at its outer end to the lower end of bell-crank .'16 and is connected at its ini ner end to the upper end 'of bell-crank 19,

and the lower endof ybell-crank 19 is cony nected to an auxiliary, vertical rod 22, which rod 22 is pivotallyconnected at its upper end to the outer end of arm 23, which arm 23 is mounted upon a squared shaft 24 (Fig. 9), and shaft 24- has a round hub 24" that is journaled in the supporting plate 25, which plate is held away from the support 26, constituted by a portion of the automobile, by means of legs 27 each leg 27 provided with a flat, `angularly-disposed foot 28 that is secured against the support 26 (Fig. 9). The outer end of shaft 24 is squared, and upon this squared end is secured the handle 29, which handle is provided with an operating knob 30. The inner end of the knob extends through the handle 29 and is rounded as at 31, which inner rounded end 31 nts in one of the sockets 32, whereby the handle 29 is retained in an adjusted position upon the outer face of plate 25.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The operator grasps the knob 30, and by exerting pressure on the knob to swing the. handle 29 over the. face of plate 25, the arm 23 will be moved in unison with arm 29, causing rod 22 to actuate the primary bell-crank 19, and thus in turn moving rod 21 and then auxiliary bell-crank 16, and

then primary vertical rod 15, which in turn will pull or push upon the horizontal connecting rod 8, causing the lamps 3 to be swung in a vertical plane upon the yokes 2. lt will be obvious that the lamps can be moved for casting their rays upward or downward, at the will of the operator, de-

pending vmerely upon the swinging of the handle 29 over the face of the plate 25, and when the ldesired position of the lamps has been secured, then the-inner rounded end 31 o f the knob 30 is left in one of the sockets 32, thereby holding the lamps securely in their adjusted position for casting the rays at the desired angle in a vertical plane.

In the accompanying drawings and in the -foregoing description, I have preferably illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention, but certain minor changes or alterations may-appeal to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, in manufacturing my device, and, therefore, l reserve the right to make such minor alterations and changes as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

lhat I claim is: y

y 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with supporting means, lamps pivotally mounted upon saidsupporting means to swing in a vertical plane, of plates provided with upper flat faces carried by said clamps, each flatface having a threaded socket, a connecting rod engaging said flat faces and provided with apertures registering with the threaded sockets, means extending through the apertures of the rod and threaded into said sockets, and means connected to said rod for swinging said lamps. in a vertical plane.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with supporting means, lamps pivoted upon said supporting means to swing in a vertical plane, of plates engaging said lamps, means detachably securing said plates to said lamps, each plate provided with a flat upper face and having a threaded socket in said flat face, a connecting rod provided with right angularly-disposed ends, said ends being flattened and provided with apertures therein, said flattened ends resting upon the fiat faces of the plates and having their apertures registering with the threaded sockets, means provided withstandards resting upon the flattened ends of the connecting rod, said standards provided rwith lower threaded ends, said threaded ends extending through the apertures of the flattened ends of the rod and into the threaded sockets of the plates, and means connected to the connecting rod for manually adjusting the same and thereby swinging the lamps in a vertical plane.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of side sills, U-shaped in cross section, yokes supported upon said side sills, lamps pivotally mounted upon said yokes, blocks secured within one of said U-shaped side sills, bell-cranksl pivotally mounted upon the outer faces of said blocks outside of the edges of the side sills, means pivotally connecting said bell-cranks,means pivotallyl connectingone of the bell-cranks toA said lamps, and manually-operated means connected to the other bell-crank whereby, when the manually-operated means is actuated, the lamps will be moved upon the yokes. Y

4. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with a support, lamps pivotally mounted upon said support, of ak plate placed from and carried by said support, a shaft rotatably mounted upon said plate and provided with square ends, an arm secured upon one of said ends between the plate and the support, a handle secured upon the other square end on the outside of said plate, and means connected to the arm and to the lamps whereby, when the handle is swung upon the face of the plate, the lamps will beladjusted upon the support.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a support, pivotallymounted lamps carried by said support, of a plate provided with legs, said legs provided with flat feet, said feet engaging the support, means securing said feet to said support, a shaft provided with a roundedA square end of said shaft, said handle provided with a knob and said knob having an inner rounded end, said rounded end adapted to fit in any one of the sockets for holding the handle in an adjusted position upon the plate, an arm positioned between the plate and the support and mounted upon the inner square end of the shaft, and rod and bell-crank means pvotally connected to the arm and to the lampsy whereby, when the handle is swung or adjusted upon the plate, the lamps will be moved or tilted in a vertical plane.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. v GEORGE F. MESSER. 

